PC Problems? I am a PC TECH.

[johndowe]

Hi there.

Excaliborg, since we will be sharing this thread, i would like to see your views on hard disk partitions?

Also i wrote 3 posts about computers, posts #2, 4 & 6, so you agree with them?


JohnDowe.

[Excaliborg]

post 2 you have on the money. there are some nefarious types who only install the bare minimum and let the people inexperienced with technical matters fend for themselves.

for the most part i agree with what you say but the rest just a matter of opinion. one prgram i would advise people to stay away from is itunes, as it has a habit of slowing down your machine.

winamp can handle just about any audio format and it hardly ever breaks for no reason at all.

i find that winrar is better than winzip, as it can open way more formats and can even be used as a replacement for windows explorer.

anti-virus is a matter of personal preference, some are better than others but whatever you do, you gotta be protected.

i have never been a fan of divx. a good codec pack to use is Combined Community Codec Pack, http://www.cccp-project.net/. plays everything and includes zoom player and media player classic, two of the best movie players.

anything else i missed?

[Excaliborg]

hard disk partitions? eish. the only reason i would partition a drive is if i were to create a recovery volume for my machine, beats the hell out of having to install every application you use when rebuilding your machine. but im a rather lazy bum so i dont it.

other than that i just add more drives. bigger is better

ive been typing and deleing trying to make my mind up one way or the other. so let me just say this, i dont partition my drives cos i dont need to and havebt had the need to for a very long time.